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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (USA) Politics USA 

Inuit organization plans economic development across national boundaries

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, March 31, 2017 at 16:52
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When it comes to economic development, Inuit people across the Arctic face similar challenges, including sparse populations, pockets of poverty

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Blog Business Business (Iceland) General Iceland 

Blog: Scotland’s First Minister – We’re closer to the Arctic than London

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 14:27
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On Friday, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon delivered a speech in an unlikely venue: the Arctic Circle conferencein Reykjavik, Iceland.

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Blog General Iceland Society Society (Iceland) 

Blog: Russia’s Yamal Peninsula reveals the paradox of sustainable Arctic development

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 16:06
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For the fourth year in a row, Arctic Circle, the world’s largest gathering on Arctic issues convened in Iceland’s capital.

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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

An Arctic Council meeting in Maine? Why it’s not as strange as you may think

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 7, 2016 at 02:10 — Last Updated: Friday, October 7, 2016 at 18:27
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PORTLAND, Me. – When Portland, Maine was named as the site of this fall’s Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials meeting,

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Blog: Greenland ice holds Cold War peril

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, September 26, 2016 at 15:04 — Last Updated: Monday, September 26, 2016 at 15:10
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It sounds like something from a science-fiction novel or a disaster movie. A hidden city under ice, housing 200 people,

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Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Inuit in Canada and Greenland seek control of marine oasis

Lynn Desjardins, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 22:28 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 14:10
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Indigenous peoples from Canada and Greenland are seeking to have joint management of a unique area of the Arctic Ocean,

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General 

Blog: Cruise through Northwest Passage has set sail

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 18:18 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 18:25
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In 1969, the first commercial cargo ship sailed through the Northwest Passage. In 2013, the first bulk carrier traversed those

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General Society Society (USA) USA 

Arctic-wide project aims to improve home water service

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 13:36
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Turning on an indoor water tap is not always an easy feat in the Arctic. Remoteness, high costs and harsh

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Blog Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Blog: An acute crisis in northern health care

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 13:38 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 13:49
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It’s often said that you can’t put a price on good health. But as I learned at a conference in

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Ice-Blog: Translating COP21 from intent into action… is time running out?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 13:58
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After all the hype surrounding the Paris Climate Agreement in December, there is a real danger of anti-climax, of feeling

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Ice-Blog: Arctic sea ice, Greenland and Europe’s weird weather

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 13:57 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 14:11
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As I write this, I am sitting in a short-sleeved shirt with the window open, enjoying an unusually warm start

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Ice-Blog: Time to cruise the Northwest Passage?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 17:32 — Last Updated: Friday, May 20, 2016 at 12:56
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When I came across a story about a sold-out cruise through the North-West Passage planned for this summer on a

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Blog 

Ice-Blog: Arctic future – not so permafrost

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, March 21, 2016 at 14:57 — Last Updated: Monday, March 21, 2016 at 15:02
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“A glance into the future of the Arctic” was the title of a press release I received from theAlfred Wegener

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Ice-Blog: Rising seas culprit – ice or heat?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 at 19:13 — Last Updated: Monday, February 15, 2016 at 19:15
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My attention was caught this week by a study that ascertained that thermal expansion accounts for a much greater share

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Arctic sea ice hit record low for January

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, February 8, 2016 at 16:36
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Sea ice extent over the Arctic last month was the lowest for any January in the satellite record, with freeze-up slowed

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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